A World Full of Women
eBook - ePub

A World Full of Women

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A World Full of Women

About this book

Takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of womenA World Full of Women, 6/e, combines descriptive ethnography, gender theory, and international statistics to present a comprehensive picture of the lives of women. Readers will better comprehend and contextualize women's issues and experiences in today's world. This title explores the diversity of women's lives from class to culture, with examples ranging from women's work to marriage patterns, health issues, violence against women, and grassroots organizing.

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Yes, you can access A World Full of Women by Martha C. Ward,Monica D. Edelstein in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 “What’s for Dinner Honey?”: Work and Gender
  10. Chapter 2 Love and the Work of Culture: Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead
  11. Chapter 3 Blood and Milk: Biocultural Markers in the Lives of Women
  12. Chapter 4 Patterns of Partnering: From Romance to Resistance
  13. Chapter 5 Everyday Power: Women’s Agency, Authority, and Influence
  14. Chapter 6 A Two-Bodied World: Cultural Systems for Separating Females and Males
  15. Chapter 7 A Third Sex?: Gender as Alternative or Continuum
  16. Chapter 8 Life’s Lesions: Suffering and Healing
  17. Chapter 9 Who Owns Her Body? Challenges to Cultural Relativism
  18. Chapter 10 Invisible Workers: Women as the Earth’s Last Colony
  19. Glossary
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index